diff --git a/openair-cn/NAS/nas_ue_task.c b/openair-cn/NAS/nas_ue_task.c
index 5896712fd73b4e0ce186f51ee9a8b36c91d2f8cf..1253130f8800ae3b18bba03537cb203fcdefd918 100644
--- a/openair-cn/NAS/nas_ue_task.c
+++ b/openair-cn/NAS/nas_ue_task.c
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 # include "nas_parser.h"
 # include "nas_proc.h"
 
-# define NAS_UE_AUTOSTART 1
+# define NAS_UE_AUTOSTART 0
 
 extern unsigned char NB_eNB_INST;
 extern unsigned char NB_UE_INST;
@@ -171,8 +171,8 @@ void *nas_ue_task(void *args_p) {
             nas_proc_establish_cnf(NAS_CONN_ESTABLI_CNF (msg_p).nasMsg.data, NAS_CONN_ESTABLI_CNF (msg_p).nasMsg.length);
 
             /* TODO checks if NAS will free the nas message, better to do it there anyway! */
-            result = itti_free (ITTI_MSG_ORIGIN_ID(msg_p), NAS_CONN_ESTABLI_CNF(msg_p).nasMsg.data);
-            AssertFatal (result == EXIT_SUCCESS, "Failed to free memory (%d)!\n", result);
+            // result = itti_free (ITTI_MSG_ORIGIN_ID(msg_p), NAS_CONN_ESTABLI_CNF(msg_p).nasMsg.data);
+            // AssertFatal (result == EXIT_SUCCESS, "Failed to free memory (%d)!\n", result);
           }
           break;